"PolyMet Mining Corp. (“PolyMet” or the “Company”) TSX: POM; NYSE MKT: PLM – The publication of a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement will wait two more weeks as a result of the three-week federal government shutdown, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced in a news release today (http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/).

As a result, the document will be available for public review on Dec. 6, 2013 when it will be published in the Federal Register. It will then be published in the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board Monitor Dec. 9, 2013. The original publication date was Nov. 22, 2013.

“We’re taking this short delay in stride,” said Jon Cherry, president and CEO. “We look forward to this long-awaited comprehensive environmental review being published and made available for public review and comment.”

He said publication of the SDEIS is the culmination of nearly four years of work by scientists and engineers to improve the design and complete the analysis and technical studies for the proposed mine as requested by the state and federal government agencies co-leading the review. It marks a major milestone in the project’s development.